"Open Arms" has a lot of unison singing in it. And it works: Grown men will come to our gigs and cry during that one.

Just start scribbling. The first draft is never your last draft. Nothing you write is by accident.

I usually tell somebody if a song’s for them. I don’t always tell them if it’s about them.

As long as people are listening that's all that matters.

I'm not David Bowie. Who are we kidding? At the end of the day, I'm the same person I've always been. I'm Don Garvey's son from up the road.

Maybe Radiohead and R.E.M. Even a group like the National - artists who have crossed over without compromising. It's a special thing.

We [Elbow] have had some luck with media syncs in film and on TV. We'd love to do a soundtrack with a really cool director.

The British press isn't as vicious as it used to be, and these days it's sort of cool to care again. Everyone loves an everyman anthem.

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.

Every circumstance is a channel of miracles.

It is often the people who refuse to assume any responsibility who are apt to be the sharpest critics of those who do.

Would 'sorry' have made any difference? Does it ever? It's just a word. One word against a thousand actions.

Humans have discovered that they cannot stop Death, but at least they can spit in his drink.

Would you please please please please please please please stop talking?

In the order named, these are the hardest to control - wine, women and song.

I like the old, vintage Hollywood look.

P.S. I enjoy acid pops.

Man and wife were supposed to stay together because they'd made their vows in front of God and family.